29 MARCH 1921
NOTE
FROM LENIN

Shall we put forward the concessions today? It seems we should? Then for how many hours should Tomsky be summoned?

REPLY
FROM RYKOV

It is necessary to put them forward. Tomsky is clearly sabotaging; Goltzman did not come today, although all invitations were sent to him. Give me an answer.
A. I. Rykov

REPLY
FROM LENIN

Ring up Tomsky and Goltzman: we will wait for them until 8½ [o'clock] — [9 o'clock], and then we proceed without them ([concession] agreements)

*¹ A report by A. I. Rykov on "Basic Principles of Concession Agreements" was heard at the session of the SNK on 29 March 1921.

² Tomsky M. I. (chairman of the All-Russian Central Council of Trade Unions) and Goltzman A. Z. (member of the presidium of the All-Russian Central Council of Trade Unions, who oversaw the Tariff Department) were supposed to attend the discussion of "Basic Principles of Concession Agreements." On 25 March, a draft "On the Payment of Workers and Specialists at Concession Enterprises" was submitted to Lenin over their signatures. In the list of those present at the SNK session on 29 March, M. Tomsky and A. Goltzman are not listed. It was not possible to establish whether they were at this session.

The text of the note on the labor question in the conclusion of concession agreements, transmitted to Lenin by Rykov, underwent editorial revision by Lenin. For clarity, the entire document is set in standard type, the points crossed out by Lenin — in small type, the amendments introduced — in bold type.*